66 years ago:
The Deadly Mantis (US)
The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. It first attacks military outposts to eat their occupants, then makes its way to the warmer latitudes of Washington and New York. A paleontologist works together with military un...
1957-05-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43715
#TheDeadlyMantis #CraigStevens #WilliamHopper #Horror #SciFi #ClassicMovies

68 years ago:
Conquest of Space (US)
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
1955-04-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/25952
#ConquestofSpace #ByronHaskin #EricFleming #MickeyShaughnessy #WilliamHopper #Paramount #SciFi #Film

66 years ago:
20 Million Miles to Earth (US)
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creat...
1957-02-08
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/15096
#20MillionMilestoEarth #NathanHJuran #WilliamHopper #JoanTaylor #JohnZaremba #Columbia #ClassicFilm

67 years ago today:
Gunsmoke
S1E17: Robin Hood
Victims won't testify against John Henry Jordan at his trial for robbing the stage. He's found innocent. Matt asks Vince a card sharp he reformed to clean out Jordan. Jordan rides off. Matt's going to follow, but Chester says Vince has been hurt bad. Jordan is having supper with the Bowens, two...
Airdate: 1956-02-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/3713/season/1/episode/17
#Gunsmoke #WilliamHopper #CBS #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

Qui se souvient de Perry Mason ?
#WilliamHopper #BOTD
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWUhXXJtQw

More #PerryMason. This time, it's Paul Drake, as played by #WilliamHopper

#MastoArt #PenAndInk #portrait